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Dec 21, 2009, 03:01 PM
 
After installing steam with Crossover Games, it asked me if I wanted to create desktop shortcuts, here's the code of what it made:
Code:
[Desktop Entry] Name=Half-Life Deathmatch Source Exec=env WINEPREFIX="/Users/your_name/.wine" wine "Z:\\Users\\your_name\\Library\\Application Support\\CrossOver Games\\Bottles\\Half-Life 2\\drive_c\\Program Files\\Steam\\steam.exe" -applaunch 360 Type=Application StartupNotify=true Path=/Users/your_name/.wine/dosdevices/z:/Users/your_name/Library/Application Support/CrossOver Games/Bottles/Half-Life 2/drive_c/Program Files/Steam Icon=/Users/your_name/.local/share/icons/9f6b_half-life deathmatch source.xpm
now -applaunch 360 is for Half-Life Deathmatch Source
here are the codes for the rest of the Steam games:
'// Counter-Strike: -applaunch 10
'// Team Fortress Classic: -applaunch 20
'// Day of Defeat: -applaunch 30
'// Deathmatch Classic: -applaunch 40
'// Opposing Force: -applaunch 50
'// Ricochet: -applaunch 60
'// Half-Life: -applaunch 70
'// Counter-Strike: Condition Zero -applaunch 80
'// Codename: Gordon -applaunch 92
'// CS: Condition Zero Deleted Scenes -applaunch 100
'// Blue Shift -applaunch 130
'// Half-Life 2 Demo -applaunch 219
'// Half-Life 2 -applaunch 220
'// Counter-Strike: Source -applaunch 240
'// Half-Life: Source -applaunch 280
'// Day of Defeat: Source -applaunch 300
'// Half-Life 2: Deathmatch -applaunch 320
'// Half-Life 2: Lost Coast -applaunch 340
'// Half-Life: Deathmatch Source -applaunch 360
'// Half-Life 2: Episode One -applaunch 380
'// Rag Doll Kung Fu -applaunch 1000
'// Rag Doll Kung Fu Demo -applaunch 1003
'// Darwinia -applaunch 1500
'// Darwinia Demo -applaunch 1502
'// Dangerous Waters -applaunch 1600
'// Space Empires IV Deluxe -applaunch 1610
'// Dark Messiah of Might and Magic -applaunch 2100
'// Dark Messiah (multiplayer) -applaunch 2114
'// Dark Messiah (singleplayer demo) -applaunch 2120

I also had to do a:
Code:
chmod -x /Users/your_name/Desktop/Half-Life\ Deathmatch\ Source.desktop
and a:
Code:
chmod 777 /Users/your_name/philtesone/Desktop/Half-Life\ Deathmatch\ Source.desktop
and associated my .desktop file(s) to open with Terminal. . .

. . .anyway I hope this can help someone!
     
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Dec 21, 2009, 03:33 PM
 
Wait... what does this do? Can I run the steam client in OSX?
     
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Dec 21, 2009, 04:01 PM
 
Originally Posted by downinflames68 View Post
Wait... what does this do? Can I run the steam client in OSX?
Yes, through Crossover/WINE (it's a Windows compatibility library — WINE is the FOSS version, Crossover is the commercial version).
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Dec 21, 2009, 04:48 PM
 
You can run all sorts of Windows games beautifully with Crossover/WINE. I suggest trying WINE first since so many games just work perfectly out of the box, so to speak.
     
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Dec 21, 2009, 04:59 PM
 
Steam?
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Dec 21, 2009, 09:33 PM
 
Hecks yea, I can run Halo1, Steam apps and whole slew of older games with wine on my mac. The purpose of this post is to show how to make easy to launch shortcuts on your Mac desktop. . .
     
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Dec 21, 2009, 10:28 PM
 
Originally Posted by mdc View Post
No, I was asking if Steam "worked perfectly right out of the box."
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